English-Spanish translations for evacuate

• evacuar
  Había pueblos en llamas y hubo que evacuar a la población. Villages were burning and the population had to be evacuated.
  El de una intervención rápida para evacuar a los ciudadanos de países de la Unión Europea. That of rapid intervention to evacuate citizens of EU countries.
  Fue tan terrible que el ejército tuvo que intervenir para evacuar las zonas más afectadas. It was so bad that the army had to intervene to evacuate the hardest hit areas.
• desalojar

Definition of evacuate

• To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from
• To cause to leave or withdraw from
• To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum
• To make empty; to deprive
• To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels

Examples

• the soldiers evacuated the fortress
• The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached
• The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street
• The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen
• to evacuate a contract or marriage

Related words

• evacuated
• evacuate air
• make a move; dislocate; evacuate